train on relations between the u.s. and its allies and countries like germany has this whole issue brought to bear what it seems quite a considerable strain summit because that's because you're about this this 1st meeting between mr pompei and an angle america what should have happened much earlier this month than it was cancelled by the us state department quite abruptly short notice when it was supposed to happen several weeks ago so the fact that's happening now well it's a meeting of minds to a certain extent clearly not on iran but this remember these 2 countries are allies broadly speaking and certainly that's something that's the theme that anglo-american returns to when she greeted mr pompei a little while ago. we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we prevent further aggressive actions on

the part of iran. it's not just about iran that these 2 countries and indeed the united states and several leading e.u. countries appear to have a difference of opinion of opinion on though because in so far as china is concerned that is also a serious issue for the united states government particularly the influence of qua a telecommunications telecommunications network the mr pompei of the said to his counterparts high court must the german foreign minister before he met angular merkel that if e.u. countries were going to share data with who our way were to allow huawei to integrated self into their telecommunications network well maybe the united states might consider reconsider how much information it intelligence it would share with those e.u. countries so clearly as i say it's a meeting between allies taking place today but not perhaps a meeting of minds on foreign policy. let's leave it there with dominic kane.

still ahead on al-jazeera why some are naked i will say they're living in a police state after a year of political chaos one father continues his search for justice 10 years after his son was killed in sri lanka's civil war. again well here across japan we are seeing one system that is moving through right now if you look on the satellite image plenty of clouds plenty of rain that is making its way towards the pacific so tomorrow is going to be a much better day we're going to be seeing more sun in tokyo at $26.00 degrees and day $24.00 osaka still is going to have the clouds in the clouds going to remain as we go towards sunday as well down towards the south a system is coming across the u.k. islands and that is going to bring some very heavy rain with it as well so for saka you may not get the rain but you will get the part more clouds build again as we go

through the end of the weekend up towards lot of awestruck it is going to be a little bit cooler with the time to their 16 degrees or here across much of china we've been talking about the rain to the northern part in the central parts of china you're finally getting a break from the rain most of the rain will be down here along the coastal areas so for han it is going to be a nice day sunny your forecast at $26.00 but the hong kong winds are coming out of the south 30 degrees there maybe going up to about 32 and this rain also extends over here towards the west as well hanoi is has seats a very heavy rain we expect to see here on saturday getting a little bit better on sunday with a temperature of 31 and then down here across parts of manila we are going to be seeing some rain in your forecast with breaks of sun as well with the temperature there about $34.00 degrees. kidnappings and murders in crimea since russia's full stanek station of the black sea in insular. i don't understand why he was kidnapped.

schools of crimean to have been arrested tortured and killed most believe by russian security forces. crimea russia's dirty secret. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now iran has rejected accusations made with a summit of arab nations that it's a threat to global security the gulf cooperation council and arab league largely

back saudi arabia's condemnation of iran but iraq said it didn't agree with the group's final statement iran is also high on the agenda its meeting in berlin between the u.s. secretary of state and the german chancellor of germany is part of the 2015 nuclear agreement that the u.s. pulled out of last year. so dan smith 3 says the protest in the capital is a danger to the country demonstrators have been staging a sit in outside the military headquarters for weeks they want the generals to hand over power to a civilian administration councils also ordered the closure of algeciras office in ca to without giving any reason. denounce the closure of its bureau in khartoum saying the network sees this as an attack on media freedom professional journalism and the basic tenets of the rights of people to know and understand the reality of

what's happening and so that the network deplores the decision and assures its audiences and sudan and globally that it will continue its coverage of sudan despite this political interference by the sudanese authorities. barbara travon is the executive director of the international press institute she says they've registered several attacks on journalists and so than we found it very disturbing that the transition to military. council which has been charged with ensuring a peaceful transition to democracy democracy is itself they going to respect the fundamental principles of press freedoms which we believe are absolutely core to any successful democratic transition this is exactly our main concern at yahoo has been monitoring developments in sudan over the past months with great concern we have registered numerous attacks on journalists from the tensions to physical

account to administer give measures when the mission of or for our desire is joint is for example to operate that way are withdrawn a couple of months ago. we were hopeful that the transitional military council would have acted differently and would ensure in june alysa billet to work in sudan without fear of retaliation. we all believe and it is proven that the free exchange of news and information is core to any society where conflict exists it is vital that the different groups in society are able to express their views their opinions in order to allow the democratic process and eventually voters to cast their vote. police in algeria have reportedly arrested dozens of protesters thousands continue to rally every friday bed demanding further

change off the former president of the disease with a step down last month elections are scheduled for july. with china over tariffs is taking a toll on america's big west and the fama zol struggling as the trade dispute escalates but for now president donald trump still draws support from the region john 100 reports from colfax noise. as the u.s. administration plans ahead in its trade war with china american farmers say they're getting crushed between the world's 2 largest economies we grew a record soybean crop record corn crop and then you take the fact that our largest buyer just disappeared you know we created a huge ending stockpile that is it's going to take years to eat through it not to mention we tripled what we normally carry china's retaliatory tariffs on corn

soybeans imported hit their mark american farmers deep in trim country across the midwest are suffering this is private and one of the toughest years that i've experienced in my 40 plus years of farming are bankers i'm starting to get nervous next year is going to be. a tough time there's some farmers are not going to get to our operating loans they're not going to pay off their own operating loans from this year and they're not going to be able to get credit to put a crop out next year for the 2nd straight year president trump signed a bailout for american farmers this time $16000000000.00 worth but that won't bring back lost markets buyers moved on to other sellers their silos are full of surplus crops that oversupply his tank prices for corn and soybeans farm income levels are half what they were 5 years ago across the midwest. corn and soybean farmers are filing for bankruptcy in numbers not seen for more than a decade and losing their patients i'd like to see that light at the end of the

tunnel and know when things are going to turn around and get better so you have your patience is wearing a little think you still a little yeah this year farmers are dealing with high tariffs low prices and now historic rains that have left their fields flooded but while china's chair of search striking their intended targets they have not achieved their goal of turning the farmers who are among president trump strongest supporters against the president is it fair to say that farmers still by and large support president trump i think that's fair we believe that the president is doing the right thing to live on a farm as an old agrarian saying has it used to be schooled in patience for now those laboring behind america's plows seem willing to wait a little longer john hendren al-jazeera colfax illinois. the guy goes government has released 50 more prisoners detainees during protests over the past year but the ban against public demonstrations remains in place the opposition then new form of

protest is under the watch of faith leader like so brian reports. police and armed paramilitary forces have spread out across much of the nicaraguan capital to enforce a nationwide ban against public protests or demonstrations that could be considered critical of the country's president daniel ortega a lot i feel pain sadness and outrage because after one year we still don't have justice. it's mother's day in nicaragua and protesters have gathered at the catholic church downtown demanding justice for the hundreds of men and women who've been killed by pro-government forces since the start of the political process more than a year ago this time last. hundreds of thousands of nicaraguan citizens were marching on the streets calling for the government to be held accountable for the

deaths of unarmed demonstrators. at least 15 people were killed and 200 others injured when pro-government forces opened fire on protesters and walter remembered as the mother's day massacre or bottle i sat and over the past year the government stepped up repression of political dissidents and journalists. protests on the streets of the capital have become quite rare still there are those who continue to speak out and i mean i think the more you want to know what the regime is taking control of the streets we live in a police state where we cannot even lift the national flag or have any sort of public demonstration they want to silence the opposition. and a show of good faith for the mother's day holiday the nicaraguan police released 50 political prisoners they will take a government is also committed to releasing all political prisoners by june 18th elixir brian al jazeera. 69 containers full of rubbish have been loaded onto

a cargo ship in the. having accounted for the korean government says the garbage was shipped illegally in 2002014 mislabeled as plastics for recycling. it's taken more than 6 years a diplomatic fallout between asians and a threat of war finally more than 60 containers of toxic waste are now heading from here in the philippines back to where they came from canada more than 100 containers or about 2500 tons of waste were shipped here from canada in 201314 the bureau of customs exposed it then and said the containers had been mislabeled as recyclable rubbish. your garbage. all over. the. for years

the philippine government has appealed for canada to take the trash back but canada said its own laws prevent that then the philippine government set him a 15 deadline for the waste to be sent back but nothing happened in response to recall the philippine ambassador and other diplomatic officials from ottawa greenpeace says impoverished communities like this one in downtown manila are the ones who suffer the most from the disposal of hazardous waste waste wherever it goes waster it is unacceptable because it impinges on the human rights of people who are at the receiving end of the waste so it violates their right to a healthy life right to health right the livelihoods right to proper living activists say the philippines is just one of the many. countries in southeast asia that ad become dumping grounds of toxic waste from developed countries this is why

there is a growing pressure on the philippine government to impose a total ban on the importation of waste the malaysian government also says it will send back some 3000 metric tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries like canada australia and the us it is grocery and pay for research pantries to send their wish to pull countries simply because the poor countries have no choice maybe it contributes a little to their economy activists see what's happening with canada's we steer is an example of what can be achieved in cleaning up the global recycling industry dogon al-jazeera manila. it's been 10 years since the end of sri lanka's civil war around 100000 civilians

and fighters from both sides were killed among them a group of 5 tamil students who were reportedly exit cutie on the beach the case known as the trunk oh father remains one of the highest profile cases of the war and this still being heard a father of one of the victims is vowing he'll find justice for his son. father of late son to go. on. i like to produce my son son's murder 2006 general the 2nd really require son is the court of going is. going to be a doctor but everything's pointed down. the boys ourselves.

help me help us help us like that then suddenly the open fire after that i heard in my own message there were 2 boys safely and the other 5. lost their life. when visit to the hospital they were. mortally. open the door. worries my son's body in sri lanka can't get the proper justice. i want to hybrid court international criminal court in the desert i've never dressed this alone and some of the doctors i am rebels were there any repeat single brady from sri lanka i

wanted justice only. i only international justice with my son's case otherwise i am not a father of. a us telling be has seen the most extraordinary outcome in its 94 year history after it ended in an 828 high i p e. nearly 600 spellers under the age of 15 took part in the annual scripps national spelling bee in maryland judges quizzed the final 8 contestants for 20 consecutive rounds on the 1st day calling an end to the competition when they felt the spellers couldn't be beat each of the winners will receive a $50000.00 cash prize. and

let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now iran is rejecting accusations made this a summit of nations that it's a threat to global security the gulf cooperation council and the arab league largely backed saudi arabia's condemnation of iran but iraq said it didn't agree with the group's final statement so it has more from the iranian capital tehran well we've heard a lot of strong condemnation of the conversations that were had in saudi arabia yesterday iran's foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi began friday morning by issuing a statement in which he said he expressed regret that saudi arabia was using the opportunity to host the organization of islamic cooperation and muslim leaders as a platform to push for its divisive policies he said that iran rejects and condemns the statements that were said in saudi arabia between arab leaders yesterday that condemned iran for interfering in its neighbors affairs iran is also

high on the agenda as amazing in berlin between the u.s. secretary of state and the german chancellor. they can happen then we'll have plenty of issues to discuss today the world is in unrest indeed 1st and foremost is iran how can we make sure that iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons how can we prevent further aggressive actions on the part of iran. so than council says the protest in the capital khartoum is a danger to the country demonstrators have been staging a sit in outside the military headquarters for weeks they want the generals to hand over power to a civilian administration. of those are our headlines or you can stay up to date with all the news if we head over to our website al-jazeera dot com you can see our front page there with our

lead story the iranian rejection of allegations coming at it from an arab summit. he's famous for political maneuvering yet benjamin netanyahu failed to cobble together a coalition government in israel now a new elections will be held the 2nd in just 5 months but will anything change can a new vote shift the balance of power this is inside story.

hello everyone i'm come all santa maria welcome to inside story well he worked right up until the whedon's day midnight deadline but benjamin netanyahu just couldn't make it happen nearly 2 months after the israeli election and there is no workable coalition meaning the knesset the israeli parliament has been dissolved and there will be another vote on september 17th that means 3 months of campaigning of political uncertainty and of course no guarantee the next result will be any clearer now we discuss the election results back in april on this program and we've got something special lined up for this edition more on that in a moment after this report from harry false that in western islam. but after a bruising final day trying to magic a last minute coalition deal benjamin netanyahu space said it all he'd failed. israeli parliament and netanyahu urging voted to dissolve it so and take israel

into an unprecedented 2nd election in the same year it's now his best hope of clean on to power but he insisted voters shouldn't blame him. the blame belongs to his former defense minister avigdor lieberman partial global moment of the only woman in trouble. it is just unbelievable just unbelievable avigdor lieberman is now part of the left he's from the left blog you give him votes for the right and he doesn't give his poke to the right wing government this is what we see lieberman needs a secular party opposed to what he calls attempts to make israel a religious state he was insisting on the passage unchanged of a bill that would increase the numbers of ultra-orthodox jews being drafted for national service the ultra-orthodox parties also a key part of any right wing coalition want the law softened the women held firm and the coalition was doomed. the could have spilled in this task to form a coalition to form a government together with their turn to the altar orthodox they bear full

responsibility the fact that israel is now going back once again to an election failure to form a coalition would usually put the question back in the hands of the israeli president he would then select a member of the knesset in all likelihood a different one and give that person the chance to form a government but these aren't normal times benjamin netanyahu is facing pending indictments in 3 separate corruption cases in order to give him the best chance of fighting that off only the top job will do last weekend tens of thousands took to the streets of tel aviv for a rally against netanyahu is apparent attempt to legislate immunity from prosecution and ensure the courts couldn't overturn such a law once passed with his 1st indictment hearing june october even if he wins the september election and manages to form a government and he hopes of ensuring immunity will be seriously dented it might make it harder for him but he's. very.

strong. power heikki political capabilities so it's not his last word for sure he will try to maneuver opposition leader benny gantz so as elections are all about netanyahu is bid to survive prosecution begad stable indeed but. really this is all happening for only 2 words only 2 words illegal fortress there is no other reason here. gans was mocked for declaring victory early on election night in april but now it's clear netanyahu owns celebrations were premature the fight he thought he'd won 7 weeks ago has months left to run. out west jerusalem just want to have a quick look now at some numbers the kind which show us just how fragmented israeli politics is and why netanyahu couldn't bring enough factions together now you've got 1st of all he's really be tenured headed by the former defense minister avigdor lieberman it is a secular nationalist far right party it has 5 seats in the parliament you've got

the ultra orthodox parties and successive governments have needed their support this time netanyahu is looking for their 16 seats 7 of those from the united torah judaism party headed by the deputy health minister. and also the shas party led by the interior minister are a dairy with another 8 seats netanyahu did manage to get them all on board but differences between some of those parties particularly over the issue of the ultra-orthodox men in the military meant a consensus just couldn't be reached. now we're going to do something a little unusual for this show say on april 10 which was one day after the election i was sitting in this very same chair and our discussion that day was about the result of the israeli election you can see for yourself that al jazeera dot com it is called what kind of government will take power in israel that saying no go. and

it has taken power we have decided to assemble the same panel from that april 10th show to try to piece together what happened or indeed what didn't happen and here they are we starting in tel aviv with akiva eldar israeli columnist monitor in london is your see michael berg a professor in international relations at regents university and in west jerusalem mitchell barrett the c.e.o. of global research and an advisor to the former israeli president shimon peres gentlemen welcome back to inside story we got the band back together for this one and it puts me in the position which a host loves and that i can throw old answers back at you and we can pitts piece this all together basically so i keep it all the let me start with you. a month and a half ago you told me benjamin netanyahu is a magician he can play the big hero and the master he convinced israel that he is the number one diplomat well it didn't work out that way did it i was wrong.

after all you know even though magicians like me can. be wrong and when it comes to israeli politics. it is very difficult to even predict the past. and. i think that the maybe the only individual in israel that is not surprised from what happened is a regular liberman. who turns out to be going to a magician there and then you know but. let's meet again in. there they are after the next elections september 18th and see what happens when a new fish and danielle is still around and i believe that is going to break your chances to still be with us or believe me i've already got the 3 of you penciled in for september. writing don't worry about that you'll see make

a big let me come to you you called benjamin netanyahu a skilled a very skilled politician he knows how to play his audiences in your opinion what went wrong he all was it simply that the other forces were almost working against him they say it's nice to know that i'm in good company a cuba can be able and as well as i can get it sometimes honk too but you know is a skillful politician but you know in talking about magicians every houdini reaches one look too far and maybe this is the case of nathanial here but this was in nick set of circumstances because in the kind of normal abnormal situation condition in israel you need to do this kid from this orphanage go shooting with different parties we have different interests and you will somehow squirm many many many circuits but here there was something in addition which probably beyond the time you know which is is personally into this and this time you have to overcome not only this political survival but the survival out of cotton out of jail and this

forced to be this weakness because you concentrated probably too much on trying to weaken the the supreme court try to pass legislation that would grant him immunity and he also forgets that after you know so long in politics everyone even if you've been not only a magician but an angel you build yourself a position and some enemies in politics and liberal money is not an easy enemy to have in politics michel barak in west jerusalem your turn you actually said i wouldn't call him a magician you disagreed with the other 2 you said because there's actually no illusion or sleight of hand about what he does he said you know what you see is what you get with benjamin netanyahu you also called him one of the most skilled leaders in the world how is it then similar question to yossi that one of the most skilled politicians in the world could pull together a coalition in one and a half months. well he's one of the skilled leaders in the world many he still you know even when he you know gave his concession speech last night after the knesset

fell he said you know i have this whole you know trilateral israel russia united states meeting taking place in israel which no one knew about so on that framework of the international framework i still think he's one of the most skilled people and has the best relationships in this world today with putin and with trump with where i think you know we're seeing him you know in the magician is really sleight of hand it's not necessarily he makes it look a particular way but we've seen what i can say is typical nuts and you know having worked for the guy for 4 years much earlier in his career and then following him you know since then he operates in a certain chaos you know he way he always waits until the last minute and there's a total mess that's involved in it and he really called polygon and then out of that mess he gets everyone together i mean even now where he was playing people off of each other right up to the deadline he still hadn't spoken to any of the likud ministers minutely could all of likud ministers and want to be ministers we're all

in the dark up until this point that's something you want to close before you swear in your government to make sure you have every single person on your side and he didn't do that and what he does is it creates a certain pressure among his likud ministers to vote with him among the other people he likes to have these deadlines where he's forcing some compromise usually it works he came up against lieberman who wanted to take this as an issue and he was going to go all the way and you know having most of netanyahu is nemesis is and politics are enemies in pa there are people that have worked with him you know who had another party bennett who had another party lieberman who had another you know who has another party they will work with him and they know how he operates and given the chance of actually defeating him sometimes they'll do that so it shouldn't all this chaos that you described michel and on top of that we can. the chaos of dissolving the knesset and calling you elections shouldn't all that sort of raise the question about whether he is the right person to lead israel into

another election 3 months down the road or is he just if he wants a cult of personality now well i think you know i think what he said was correct when he put his personal interests here way above maybe what the national interest is because normally he could go back to the president say he possibly needs an extension some more time he didn't want to chance it because he you know thought there would be a game here where the president would say you had your turn now many give it to someone else and he was also afraid that it might go to someone else and likud the most interesting thing that happened in this whole episode was the ireland paid basically said to the likud they said let's form a national unity government any one bit nuts and you know pick whoever you want and more and with you it's almost like he gave the keys to the bounty the ship to the likud to the engine room and said why don't you have your own mutiny and they could have had a rebellion they could have had a revolt but they did and.